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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Herald
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1930
Page
3
The Coos Bay region reports deaths including Malinda Bowers and Jamon Butler, local officials planning a county fair in Reedsport, a resignation of Dr W V Glasger in Coos County, a new school athletic ground purchase in North Bend, and various legal actions, arrests, and property deals across Coos, Myrtle Creek, and surrounding communities with notes on penitentiary inmates, oil drilling interest, and local infrastructure plans.
The article notes Oregon has one car per four people and lists local items: 28 census workers to be appointed in Coos County, Gee Wing Chung jailed for 15 years on two counts, John J. Lawrence resigns as IOOF lodge secretary in Coquille, Beverly Hills buyers purchase the George Billings home for a lodge, unemployment remedies in Reedsport, Mary Margaret Morgan dies in Bandon at 80, petitions to place a cigarette initiative on the November ballot, Reedport opposes Roseburg area expansion, vandals damage Coos Head park cabin, public service hearing on rural power line extensions set for April, and a large reward offered in the George Hess murder case.
Residents of southern Oregon and northern California will get a ten day trip to San Francisco at low fares. Cities include Marshfield North Bend Myrtle Point Eugene Roseburg Grants Pass Medford Ashland Chiloquin Klamath Falls and Dorris. Tickets go on sale March 21 except Klamath Falls and Dorris on March 20. Return limit is midnight on day ten from sale. Say you saw it in The Herald.
James E. Baum of the American Bankers Association warns customers to safeguard pass books blank checks and cancelled checks. He notes crooks use them for forgeries and urges education and alarms as state police protection reduces bank holdups in several regions.
The speech before the Interior Department marks Flag Day with a defense of national ideals. Roosevelt’s words reference bold visions for the nation, urging courage and unity as symbols of the flag inspire citizens.
A garbled report mentions Doctor Mony, cabbage, and a village scene centuries past. The fragment hints at health issues, a market, and a writer age half a century, with unclear characters like Nelda and Deen Durk in a village setting.
A garbled local item describes a quarrel over a cup of coffee and butter in a household, with reference to distress and duty. The text hints at a problematic spouse and community reaction amid a broader Indiana poll context.
A humorous column notes a New York man with eight children marrying a woman with me. The piece jokes about mergers not unions and comments on bread consumption and meat prices, urging readers to know figures. It laments old fashioned worries about keeping daughters married.
A large crowd attended the Bridge High School three act comedy The Patsy in the school auditorium Saturday night. Cast included Bill Harrington LaVelle Scarborough Mrs Harrington Nina Warner Grace Harrington Alta Mead Billy Caldwell De los Appleton Tony Anderson Clinton Davis Eadie Buchanan Li lah Luttrell Esther Jennings and others. Director Myrle E. Logan costumes Katherine Davis and stage manager Vena England were noted.
John G. Lonsdale argues that interpreters and leaders in agriculture finance and industry are needed to grasp changing trade trends. He emphasizes bankers must study shifts, anticipate mergers, and guide large scale service with vision to avoid disaster and build prosperity.
Misa Hermann and Miss Sandine visited Miss Hermann's relatives, Robert Wagner and family of Elk River, last Sunday. Mr and Mrs Weekly and their children started for Ashland.
Mr and Mrs Ivan Robbins of Coquille visited relatives over the weekend. Miss Sandine's class hiked and held a party with punch and cookies. The Shiloh school performed Lighthouse Nan on Saturday. May Day and Achievement Day set for May 2. Ellis Warner stays with Mrs B W Warner. Students enjoy spring, spading and planting flowers. boys report a new Spalding bat and ball, girls soon receive indoor equipment. Three Camas valley children enrolled in the lower room this week.
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